Original subtitles

Thirty seven light years from earth

in the star system Cygnus Alpha,

a combat commander from the planet Octaris

fights a battle that begins in space

but will subsequently be fought on American soil.

MALE VOICE: The Skrill are attempting to escape.

They appear to be successfully doing so.

Ah, Andros has his squadron after them.

We are sorry to summon you so early, Andros.

I don't mind being summoned early, what I mind is failure.

Then the Skrill have escaped?

Yes.

Fortunately, the interceptor guard ships

that were pursuing them were unmanned.

They were making a path for--

what's the name of the planet, Andros?

Terra...

sometimes called "Earth."

Do you think that you can clear up this mess?

Bring the Skrill back?

I am prepared to leave for Earth immediately.

Perhaps you should take some assistance.

There's an Earth creature with whom

my father and I have worked before.

-I plan on sending word to her. - Without consulting us?

If you knew Wonder Woman

you'd know why I've chosen her.

STEVE: Then there's no question in your mind that

whatever or whoever they are,

they're coming from outside of our solar system?

We picked them up on satellite tracking relay.

What the heck...?

We should be far more efficient

recording instruments using these young minds.

Yes, we shall.

( thunderclap )

( wind howling )

Princess... am I in time to be of service?

As always, your timing is excellent, Andros.

These... creatures... what are they?

The Skrill?

A plague... a sickness. Deadly.

Andros...

these Skrill-- what exactly is their crime?

They are thieves, princess.

Thieves?

Let me explain: The Skrill

use these artificial crystals as storage devices.

They are designed to capture, condense and store the mind.

And the Planetary Council allows this?

No. It's illegal.

Outlawed. It's a crime to traffic in stolen minds.

That's why I'm here.

I command you.

Tell me who you are and what you are.

What?

( stammering )

( beeping )

I am...

...the Skrill.

Unquestionably the same human.

Yes, in the persona of Diana Prince, she is vulnerable.

( beeping )

Yes.

I do believe that the Sardor will be quite effective.

( roaring )

( growling )

( growling, hissing )

( high-pitched warbling )

( growling, hissing )

Good. We have her.

( growling )

* Wonder Woman *

* Wonder Woman *

( thunderclap )

* Wonder Woman *

* Get us out from under *

* Wonder Woman *

* Wonder Woman *

* Wonder Woman! *

( roaring )

Let her go.

( louder ): Let her go!

( high-pitched warbling )

Don't worry,

you'll have your fun.

But let's not waste such a valuable mind.

( growling in frustration )

( quiets down )

Patience is not one of the Sardor's virtues.

But first things first.

I'm doing you a favor, Diana.

This way there'll be no pain.

Control that beast, Skrill.

Or what, Andros?

Or I'll beam you back to prison this instant.

All of you.

You're forgetting the minds we've already stolen.

You'll never recover them that way.

I'm warning you, Skrill.

I will sacrifice the minds you have for the life of this lady.

We seem to be at an impasse.

Neither one of us has an advantage.

These bodies we inhabit are gamblers.

How can you be sure you'll win?

Are you willing to gamble?

No more than you are for the life of Diana prince.

Like I said, an impasse.

Very much like a scene from one of their western movies,

isn't it, Andros?

( laughs heartily )

( high-pitched warbling )

We will meet again.

( warbles )

( growls )

Princess.

( humming )

( moans )

Princess... are you alright?

Uh, yeah, I'm...

I'm a little bit shaky, but I-I-I think I'm alright.

The Skrill. ...escaped.

I had a feeling they would come for you.

That means that they know who I really am?

Our greatest danger lies in underestimating them.

( sighs )

JOHNNY: Now, Sardor, relax. There'll be another time.

TWIN: Will there?

We should have destroyed Andros when we had the chance.

Yes, but we never really had the chance, have we?

A situation that I intend to remedy shortly.

-How? -Andros is my worry.

You worry about making sure

that we leave this planet with what we came for.

Come on. ( growling )

( warbling communication to one another throughout )

You did get that list?

I have it.

Stolen from a computer at the headquarters of Tertex.

( inquisitive warbling )

Tertex? It's an elite group

of the best minds on the continent.

They call it a think tank.

It advises the government secretly

in times of national crisis.

This list will lead us straight

to the most profitable minds on the planet.

Three of them are right here in this area, so is Andros.

I told you. I will take care of Andros directly.

Right after my little rendezvous which I've thought off cleverly.

What about the other one? Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman?

We'll let the Sardor take care of her.

( growling )

( phone ringing )

-Hello? -Diana.

It looks like the Skrill

have taken over an abandoned building or something downtown,

and we need to get ahold of Andros right away.

Andros is here now. Hang on.

It's Steve.

Yes?

Andros, we found some Skrill clothing

and one of those gauntlets in an abandoned building downtown.

Where?

13th and Orchard. I've cleared the area.

Good, now make sure everyone stays away, everyone.

13th and Orchard?

That's right. There'll be a car there

to pick you up within two minutes.

I'll be ready.

Could be where they've hidden the mind banks.

I'll go with you.

No, it's been a long morning for you.

I'll let you know what I find out.

Leave now and stay back with the others.

No one must get in the way.

( intermittent rattling )

( shaking )

( rapid buzzing )

( vacuum cleaner whirring )

( turns it off )

( dialing )

( ringing ) Trever

Steve, it's Diana.

Listen, I've been worrying about Andros.

Maybe it's a trap.

He's still the best one to handle it.

He did ask everyone to keep away and he meant everyone, Diana.

Just be patient until we hear from him.

Okay. I'll try.

( thunderclap )

( calling out ) Andros?

Andros.

( Skrills warbling )

Andros?

Princess?

( loud crashing... )

( cackling maniacally )

Are you hurt? No, I'm fine.

We've got to stop meeting like this.

( chuckles ) We seem to have

a difficult time staying out of trouble.

Yes.

Thanks to this plague that's befallen your planet.

The Skrill led you to believe

that they were here in order to kill you.

Vermin.

Now that they think they've succeeded,

they'll rob the Earth until their mind banks are gutted.

Any idea where they'll strike next?

I wish I did, Princess.

I wish I did.

Would be unwise, because it could disturb the...

Senator Wainright!

That's right, son.

I'm afraid you have the advantage of me.

You're absolutely right.

Well, if you could...

WOMAN: I must say, you're much prettier than the other model.

She was taken ill, you say?

Just a touch of the, uh, touch of the...

Flu?

Probably a new boyfriend.

Still, youth must be served.

Have you been modeling long?

Just since I started my art classes.

It's an honor to be posing

for the foremost sculptor in the United States.

That's the opinion of some critics.

I'm curious, though...

why on a project like Tertex would they want a sculptress?

How would a schoolgirl right out of modeling class

know about Tertex?

How, indeed?

( walkie-talkie buzzing )

-Prince. -Where are you now?

About ten blocks from the complex, why?

The Skrill have been active again.

Where?

Senator Wainright on a public street

Carla Burgess, right out of her studio.

Wainright and Burgess, members of, uh...

Tertex. Somehow they got ahold of a readout.

They're using it like a road map.

Who else is in the Washington area, Steve?

Just one, Dr. Paul Eidleman at the university.

I'm heading over there, Steve.

No, no, no, you're too far away.

I've already contacted the police.

All we can do is... is wait.

Hope that they find him before the Skrill.

Diana?

Diana?

TWIN: Professor Eidleman?

Professor Eidleman?

Well?

They told me I'd probably find you here.

They'd have told you I detest being disturbed over lunch.

This won't take long. I just wanted to show you something.

What have you got?

Something quite remarkable, really.

When you place it on...

Your little adventure isn't a total loss.

Doctor, no!

Forgive me, but I just wanted to see.

Believe me, Doctor, you don't want to see what this can do.

( panting )

TREVOR: At least we know who they're after.

We'll stake out the remaining Tertex members.

If only we could capture one of these Skrills,

learn their hiding place.

Time, it'll take too much time.

Andros, when the council sent you here to capture the Skrill,

they gave you a time limit, didn't they?

-Yes. -How much time?

I was given six days.

-How much time do you have left? -I have only 48 hours.

Then what happens?

Then the council will take matters into their hands.

What'll they do? Decontaminate.

Well, how do they do that?

The Skrill are mad sociopaths.

Now we have charted a pattern of their madness.

Arrogance, cruelty, taking pleasure in giving pain.

Now, we can reproduce that pattern electronically,

broadcast it at enhanced power,

overload the Skrills' minds,

bring them out, unable to control themselves.

Then why don't you do it?

Because Earth is a young planet.

Because humans are a young species, primitive.

I'm sorry, Diana, Steve.

But, yes, primitive, warlike, often arrogant, cruel--

in sum, like the Skrill.

This electronic decontamination broadcast

what will it do to humans?

For most, nothing.

For a small minority, discomfort.

And for a tiny handful...

madness.

How many is a tiny handful?

For a population of four billion-odd

say perhaps two million.

Two million people driven mad?

We can't let this happen.

I agree. But the council does not.

Unless we can locate their hiding places

and the Skrill themselves in the time I was given.

They have to give you more time.

Can't you tell them that we know which minds they're after?

Can't you tell them that we're capturing them ourselves?

You've got to make an appeal.

The council tends to be unbending in these matters.

Andros, you've got to try.

Will you?

( medallion warbling )

Earth people believe they know

how to deal with the Skrill without our intervention.

Earth people are little more than Skrill themselves.

Quiet, Sell, hear him out.

They believe that because they know

whose minds the Skrill will be taking, they found a way

of capturing them and locating their hiding place.

They do not think that the Skrill may think of this?

And who is to prevent them from changing their plan

and escaping with the minds they have already stolen?

Earth people should have a shot at dealings with it.

They were. And they failed.

-They need more time. -How much more time?

This is not negotiable, you have 48 hours.

Give me 48 hours more.

Decontamination will occur when and as planned.

You must understand our position, Andros.

I do.

You're willing to sacrifice two million minds.

In order to save hundreds of millions of others.

You should know better than to waste our time

and yours with this useless bartering.

Go back, Andros.

You and that extraordinary woman

prepare the planet for what is inevitable.

They said no.

I suggest we use the remaining time

to tell the world what is happening.

TREVOR: And what will be happening.

There's an organization in New York

that represents all the countries of the world.

We should start there.

I'll do everything I can to help.

Eve?

Get Assistant Secretary General Nordling on the phone asap.

He's to arrange a meeting of the General Assembly immeditely.

Andros, you're about to be introduced to the United Nations

I only wish it was under happier circumstances.

We can begin at any time, Mr. Andros.

( phone rings )

Yes, but I was rather hoping that...

Excuse me.

Yes?

Certainly. Admit her at once.

I thought I was going to start without you.

You should know me better than that, Andros.

We can go at any time.

Now. If you please.

Ladies and gentlemen...

Thank you all for allowing us

to address you on such short notice

but it's important to our planet.

This is Andros, and he will explain.

To begin with, I am not from Earth.

A question?

Yes, sir.

Did I understand you to say

that you're not from this planet?

That is correct, madam.

Thank you, sir.

Hi. Is the General Assembly in session, Officer?

That's right.

But all press corps personnel should be inside by now.

Yes, but I'm not local.

You see, I write for the youth page for the Washington Sun,

and the commuter flight ran late this morning.

-We'll have to check it out. -I should hope you would.

( electronic warble and buzz )

ANDROS: So, I'm afraid your nations have no alternative

but to prepare for the decontamination process.

( all talking )

( gavel hammering )

As Andros explained,

only a minority of your countries' populations

will be affected, but you must make sure

that the medical facilities, and the authorities

are prepared to handle these people.

And you must do so in the next 18 hours.

The decontamination process is scheduled to begin at that time.

( agitated conversation )

I am sorry.

Ladies and gentlemen, please.

Come to order.

We must discuss this immediately. Come to order.

Ladies and gentlemen,

let us collect ourselves to discuss this matter. Please.

Now we understand that you feel you have some special problems

concerning what you've just heard.

WOMAN: My country, for instance,

boasts five Nobel Prize winners.

Is there not some way you can protect their minds at least

from this dreadful decontamination?

( all talking )

ANDROS: As I said...

the process should not affect...

I'm sorry, there is a security problem, Mr. Secretary.

We have arranged for another room, if you'll come with us.

This is most unusual.

( vibrating rapidly )

-Skrill! -That's right, Andros.

Cooperate, and these people will be unharmed.

But if any of you move, these distinguished citizens

will be in danger of being...

extinguished.

She's fainting.

What do you want?

Andros.

Oh!

Get down.

( yells )

Andros.

Wonder Woman, you're alright.

I'm fine. What happened?

We were helping the guards evacuate the people.

One of the guards, a young woman, she stopped him.

She said you were being overcome. She was so convincing.

I guess his thoughts were all for you.

He started out, there was a flash then, and he...

Is he dead?

No...but his mind is gone.

( monitor beeping )

No medications, Doctor?

I don't know enough about his metabolism.

The fact that he has two hearts complicates matters enough.

I'm sorry, Diana, but I'm no more capable of treating Andros

than a witch doctor's up to doing a brain transplant.

I'm sorry.

I understand, doctor. Thank you.

( thunderclap )

( medallion warbling )

I am of the Earth,

but I'm also immortal, an Amazon.

I found a kinship with Andros, from your world.

What has happened to Andros?

His mind has been captured by the Skrill.

We feared as much when we lost all contact.

Can you help him?

No.

-There's got to be something. -There is nothing we can do.

We are no less vulnerable to the Skrill

than the rest of the universe.

And that is why they must be destroyed.

Andros told me what you intend to do, it's horrible.

It's regrettable. The Skrill must not leave your planet.

They'd vanish into the galaxy if they were to escape now.

The decontamination will create havoc on my planet.

There will be casualties, yes.

There would be countless more throughout the universe,

if we did not decontaminate.

You must realize that.

I realize that the bureaucracy of running a galaxy

is no more compassionate or intelligent

than any other bureaucracy.

You are impertinent.

You're ready to destroy my world in order to save it.

The decontamination is still set for three hours from now?

It will occur in...

165 of your Earth minutes.

Then I have that much time to try and capture the Skrill.

I apologize if I seem indifferent

to your people's fate, Wonder Woman.

Andros has great faith in you.

And we think highly of Andros.

I truly hope you succeed.

( keyboard clicking )

Alright, that is a list

of exactly where and when the Skrill were spotted.

And this...

That tells you precisely where the members of Tertex were

when their minds were stolen.

We've got to find their hiding place, IRA.

We only have two hours left.

Data just received is being analyzed

for any pattern which would indicate

a possible center of operations.

Thank you, IRA.

This is all you can tell me

about the whereabouts and movements of these Skrill?

I'm afraid so.

We captured one member of the Skrill,

who'd taken over the body of a student.

She told us that they were hiding in the woods.

The woods? This will also be considered.

( computer buzzing )

( beeping and buzzing )

Have you got something?

Negative.

-Nothing? -Insufficient data.

The activities of the Skrill which you have entered

do not suggest a center of operations,

particularly since a wooded area was stipulated.

Do you have any suggestions?

Your only hope is to have Wonder Woman re-interrogate

the captured member of the Skrill.

If you can find Wonder Woman.

( tape recorder playing ) TREVOR: Where are you hiding?

WONDER WOMAN: Answer him.

DEBBIE: We're hiding in the wilderness... in the woods.

There must be something more you can tell us.

There is nothing more.

It's too bad we didn't capture one of their ringleaders.

Well, at least this one has seen their hiding place.

If you don't know exactly where it is, you can describe it.

-I already have. -Well, do it again.

I want every detail.

It's in the woods.

There are trees, bushes, grass...

and, and a hill with rocks.

And a cave.

A cave?

A tunnel, going through the hill.

A tunnel?

Let's see. There's no mine shafts around here,

no old railroad tunnels.

We've checked all the underground aqueducts.

-What else? -It's the woods, with animals.

At least there used to be animals.

Animals?

A zoo.

Isn't there an old zoo just outside the city?

In Maryland.

Well, yeah, but I wouldn't exactly call that wilderness.

But landscaping for the animals trees, grass, rocks...

from the inside it would look like a wilderness,

especially to aliens.

Yeah, that would explain the tunnel, too.

Well, it's worth a try.

Get me Major Zimmerman right away, Eve.

You're wrong.

You'll never get us and you'll never save Andros, either.

( beeping )

( beeping )

Get the mind bank ready for evacuation, quick.

Leaving without saying good-bye?

( growling )

This is what you used to lure him to me.

Let's see how well you like it.

( snarling )

Now, Wonder Woman. It's time to say good night.

( beeping )

( growling )

( growling )

( siren approaching )

This must be it.

His mind.

Unbelievable.

How does it work?

I think by simple physical contact.

Thank you, Princess.

( chuckles )

Oh, you're welcome.

It's incredible.

I agree.

Doctor, I can show you

how to perform this small miracle for all of these.

What about the Skrill?

I will remove them.

But first, Doctor, let's restore the others.

-Who are you? -My name is Andros.

What is this? Where am I?

You'll know the whole story in time.

Uh, they want to know what they should do with the Skrill now.

Nothing. I'll do the rest.

Johnny, Kim, Karen...

you're okay.

Don't worry about it.

( warbling )

Well, that's a pretty good trick.

You mind telling me what you did with them?

They've been incarcerated, light-years from here.

I doubt they'll be back to plunder your world

or anyone's for a long, long time.

Thank you, Andros, for everything you've done for us.

Our whole planet thanks you.

Oh, and Diana asked

for me to apologize for her not being here.

She said you'd understand.

Thank you, Major.

Deja vu.

The last time we said good-bye was, when?

1943.

Perhaps we should keep track of our hellos instead.

-Even better... -Don't ask me that.

I know a planet with eight moons.

They fill a night sky like jewels in a crown.

You'd be beautiful under that sky.

Andros, I can't.

I'm needed here.

Yes, you are.

So, Princess, until... whenever.

Until... whenever.

( warbling )

( thunder rumbling )

( wind howling )

Sorry not to have been of greater assistance earlier.

That's okay, IRA. Re-bidding that prisoner paid off.

We were able capture the rest of them

before the council decontaminated.

Thanks to Wonder Woman, no doubt.

Affirmative.

Where are the Skrill being held?

Well, Andros teleported them to a rehabilitation facility

in the star system Cygnus Alpha.

Did it occur to you to ask for my records

on how the transportation of little green men

to a place 37 light-years away was achieved?

Gee, I'm sorry, IRA.

Next time I'll ask.

Besides, they were little green men and women.

And what of Andros?

He's gone.

He returned to his ship that's orbiting outside the Earth.

He is on his way back to the planet Octaris?

Yes, and it's only 29 light-years away,

so he should be there by now.

That is also unfortunate.

Sorry, IRA. Had there been time

I'm sure Andros would have enjoyed

a scintillating conversation with you.

Affirmative.

I am sure he found his interaction

with people on this planet as uninspiring as I do.

Well, lucky for you that that's the end of my report.

I won't have to bore you any more tonight.

Do not go away mad, just go away.

Ha, ha, ha, ha.

I see the lab boys are trying to program you with a sense humor.

Affirmative. They wish to make working...

with an IRAC computer eight hours a day more pleasant.

I think they may be defeating their purpose.

I am reminded of a joke.

( sighs )

I hope it's not as old as your last one.

Knock, knock.

Oh, IRA.

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

IRAC.

IRAC who?

IRAC my brains to make you look clever.

Ha, ha, ha, ha.

Well, I think I was better off boring you.

But I have more.

That's what I was afraid of. Goodnight, IRA.

Miss Prince?

Yes, IRA?

Did you hear the one about the female computer?

No.

She miscalculated. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Goodnight, Miss Princess.

ANDROS: I know a planet with eight moons.

They fill the night sky like jewels in a crown.

You'd be beautiful up in that sky.

Until whenever, Andros.

Whenever.

* Wonder Woman! *

* Here to fight the force of evil *

* And your chance won't be denied *

* Woman of the hour with your super power *

* We're so glad you're on our side! *

* Wonder Woman! *

* You're a wonder, Wonder Woman! *